01/11/2025
PLEASE SHARE! Here are some resources for pro musicians affected by the LA Fires in need of assistance! (Thank u Ari Herstand)
MusiCares is offering $1,500 in immediate financial assistance and a $500 grocery card to impacted music professionals. Available to any music professionals with either 5 years employment or credit on 6 commercially released records.
Contact: [email protected]
Or call 1-800-687-4227
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund is providing immediate assistance to impacted music industry professionals who have made at least 50% of their income from music for 3+ years.
You can apply: https://www.sweetrelief.org/naturaldisasterfund
or email [email protected]
Entertainment Community Fund is offering financial assistance to performing arts and entertainment professionals who have earned at least $10,000/yr at least three of the last six years.
Apply here: https://entertainmentcommunity.org
Backline offers mental health support for US music industry professionals (year round) who earn at least 50% of their income from music. Their services are also available to partners and children. You can speak 1:1 with a case manager by filling out this form: https://backline.care/case-management/
FEMA is offering assistance to those who have lost their homes or in need of help. You can apply here. https://www.disasterassistance.gov
Airbnb is providing emergency housing for those displaced by the fires. They have partnered with 211 LA. You can learn more and find a free place to stay here: https://www.airbnb.com/e/lawildfires
Los Angeles wildfires
